300 pages ; 23 cm

The author examines historical and contemporary understandings of Jesus Christ from a truly global and ecumenical perspective. Offering three main perspectives on Christology, Krkkinen attempts to combine classical and contextual work done in Christology throughout the course of church history

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

pt. 1. Christ in the Bible : -- The many faces of Christ in the Bible -- Christ in the Gospels -- Pauline Christology -- pt. 2. Christ in history : -- Early Christological disputes -- From the Council of Nicea (325) to Chalcedon (451) -- Subsequent developments -- A new Christological style -- The beginning of the quest of the historical Jesus -- The liberal picture of Christ -- The collapse of the original quest -- pt. 3. Christ in the contemporary world : Western Christologies : -- Karl Barth : dialectical Christology -- Rudolf Bultmann : mythological Christology -- Paul Tillich : existentialist Christology -- John Zizioulas : communion Christology -- Karl Rahner : transcendental Christology -- Jürgen Moltmann : messianic Christology -- Wolfhart Pannenberg : universal Christology -- Norman Kraus : disciples' Christology -- Stanley Grenz : evangelical Christology -- John Hick : universalist Christology -- pt. 4. Christ in the contemporary world : contextual Christologies : -- Process Christology -- Feminist Christology -- Black Christology -- Postmodern Christology -- Christology in Latin America : search for freedom -- Jon Sobrino : Christ as liberator -- Christology in Africa : search for power -- Bebezet Bujo : Christ as ancestor -- Christology in Asia : search for meaning -- Stanley Samartha : Christ as universal Savior -- Epilogue : The future of Christology

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